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• Re: WTB: shift lever
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Fri, 7 May 2004 12:58:21 -0600
  ...The original shifter rod is used. Second, do not get another shift rod, it will only break again. Take the broken shift rod and...
• Re: shifter problems
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 May 1997 08:13:39 +0200
  ...Your shifter rod has the wrong angle to fit the pattern. The lenth of the rod seems to be OK. Helmut '80 Camper
• We are back
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  19 Jun 1995 14:32:38 -0800
  ...Will the front shift rod (and lower shift plate) from a later model ('65 or later) fit on Sunshine? I replaced the shift rod...
• Re: Shifting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:36:46 -0400
  Hard shifting? Here's a simple improvement. Shift into first, then slide under the bus, and look up at the long shift rod that...
• Syncro Shift Linkage Update
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:29:09 -0700
  ...Here's what I found: * Boot over the ball joint where the linkage attaches to the shift rod at the transmission has disintegrated. * Boot...
• Re: shifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Gilbert Landin
  Mon, 26 May 1997 12:19:07 -0500
  ...wrote: > Loose the rod clamp behind the fuel tank. -no problem > Set the leveler to idle between 3rd and 4th. -OK shifter in neutral...
• Re: Diesel shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:44:57 -0800
  The rear shift rod for 82 came 2 ways. Same rod but different shapes. Diesels have the tranny tipped up very high at the...
• Re: Help, 85 shifting problems
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:55:30 +0200
  ...The shift rod comes in two pieces, divided just behind the gasoline tank. To fix the problem turn the rods against each other only...
• Shift linkage adjustment help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:09:59 -0800
  ...I've done the usual adjustment - trans in neutral, unclamp the center shift rod from the rear shift rod, make sure there's 19mm...
• Help! Shift linkage adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 22 May 1998 17:36:24 -0700
  ...Loosen shift rod clamp. OK Remove spare to get at shift mechanism. OK Move stop finger of front shift rod to center of rubber...
• Re: WTB: shift lever
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 7 May 2004 07:22:10 EDT
  ...The original shifter rod is used. Second, do not get another shift rod, it will only break again. Take the broken shift rod and...
• Shift rod bushings and ball for 85
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:01:07 -0500
  Hi there, I'm looking for known good shift rod rear bushing and shift ball (and boot)... Does anyone have anything? Thanks in advance...
• Re: Anybody up for the UK quick shift kit at about $55 plus shippin
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 06:38:01 EST
  ...Some time after my Berg shifter kit was installed the shifter rod snapped in two. I repaired it by inserting a solid steel rod...
• '80 Vanagon tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 03 Jan 1996 10:18:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...All this motion pivots around this heavy rod on the trans mount-- the shift rod ends in a tube, which slides onto this rod...
• Diesel shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - M Catlin
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:20:06 -0700
  Is the rear shift rod on an 82 diesel supposed to be bent or straight? I am replacing my rear shift rod because it...
• Shift Linkage Adjustment Problem SOLVED!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:54:46 -0800
  ...Using my 19mm spacer I positioned the front shift rod/gearshift lever properly in the shift mechanism housing, retightened the clamp and... Success!!! All...
• Re: Shift knob rattle help??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 20:51:44 -0400
  Check the bolt where the shift lever and the shift rod meet, (inside the shifter box above the spare tire). Should be tight, also...
• Re: Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:20:00 -0800
  ...Okay, I have a 1982 Vanagon with a 1982 shift rod front to back. The bushings in the joint between front and middle rod...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:22:55 -0400
  At 09:56 AM 4/9/2009, John Rodgers wrote: >end of the shift rod works. I can see a funky little tang on...
• GEAR SHIFT HOUSING ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 06:08:34 -0700
  ...Seems that the shift rod on the side of my 1984GL, 4 speed manual transmission has a worn spline interface to the ball part...
• WTB: Syncro shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:47:53 -0800
  Looking for the front half of a Syncro shift rod. The part that runs from the bottom of the shift lever to the universal...
• Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:20:19 -0700
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the front shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• Re: Shift linkage is out.
  Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
  Fri, 9 Apr 2004 14:26:16 -0400
  Crawl under your van and check the linkage points along your shift rod. It sounds like something came loose, hopefully just the clamp pinch...
• Re: Shift rod bushings and ball for 85
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:23:23 -0700
  ...wrote: > Hi there, I'm looking for known good shift rod rear bushing and shift ball (and boot)... Does anyone have anything? > > Thanks in...
• Re: 91 westy 4 speed shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Jerome A Perkins
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:45:05 +0000
  ...Eventually, >> though, I had to rework the shifter system, and that took care of all >> the problems. >> >> John Rodgers >> Clayartist and Moldmaker >> 88'GL...
• 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 4 May 1996 09:09:22 -0700
  Page 34.7a of the Bentley manual shows a modification made to the shift rod bushing at the tranny end of the shift rod...
• Re: Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 13:39:43 -0800
  ...Shift rod > Hi Scott, > > Oops, mixed years and models. > > Okay, I have a 1982 Vanagon with a 1982 shift rod front to back. The...
• Used Shifter out there?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 13 May 2004 17:14:22 -0500
  ...I initially thought the coupler under the van was loose making the rods slide inside each other and still shift gears, but take more...
• Re: stuck in fourth gear
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:07:23 -0400
  ...I think the problem is a bent shift rod yoke where the rod meets the shift stick.Da clue is having to pushdown on...
• RE: 87: shift rod bushing modification
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 6 May 1996 09:21:17 -0700
  ...shift rod bushing modification Mark, I have an '84 and my Bentley is as old. I have lived with the rear shift rod bushing...
• Difficult First Gear
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Sun, 3 Jan 1999 11:02:02 -0700
  ...If the bushings are good and nothing is loose, you can adjust the relative position of the shifter to the shift rod by loosening...
• nice shift knob
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:58:25 -0700
  ...https://vintageacp.com/collections/bus/products/vanagon-shift-knobs It fits 14mm shift rods. Note that it does not show a shift pattern, just...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 18:14:17 -0700
  ...I find that loosening the 17mm nut and rotating the rod will affect the shifting into the lower gears. Mark Jim Arnott wrote: > > BTDT...
• Re: Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:49:44 -0800
  ...But for now I'd like to match up the front of the later > shift rod with the back third of the early rod...
• Shift rod
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 10:19:14 -0800
  Is it possible to set up the front half of the 91/1 shift rod and mate it to the rear piece of the...
• Re: Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:50:19 -0400
  ...sudhir On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:56 AM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > The Vanagon shifting mechanism on a manual tranny...
• Shift rod freeplay - what is it? Was: Alternatives to standard transmissions: What is possible?
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:45:18 -0700
  ...be shifting fine since I put it back in about 1,000 miles ago, but I was not aware of this shift rod freeplay...
• Re: auto -> manual?
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:16:41 -0500
  ...This is where the shifter goes down through the floor and connects to the shift rod that goes back to the trans. This mount...
• Shift rod pin - 86 syncro
  Historical mailing list - Elkavitch, Michael and Diana
  Tue, 1 Sep 1998 20:05:24 -0400
  ...shift boots and nuts, I found myself puzzled by the tension pin at the rear, closest to the tranny, end of the shift rod...
• Re: Shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:26:21 -0700
  ...Shift rod bushing > Another job done: > > http://www.flatsurface.com/vanagon/shiftbushing/index.html >
• Re: '80 Vanagon tranny questions
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 21:14:02 -0600 (MDT)
  ...It should slide right on. > a bushing or seal, inside the tube end of the long shift rod. The shift > rod itself, flops around...
• shift rod
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 02 Mar 1996 20:31:39 -0600 (CST)
  ...I replaced the shifter coupler and then repacked the gear shift rod. The pocket that the ball of the shifter sits in is very...
• adjusting shifter rod- DONE!
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Stephanie
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:31:10 -0500
  Well after some more WD-40 and pushin and pullin I was finally able to get my shifter rod adjusted correctly. Now that my...
• Re: Center shift rod bushing
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:37:35 -0700
  Well, I didn't realize early vanagons had diffrent shift rod setup(endless surprises!!!) Found out by checking Bentley, it mentions replacing center bushing...
• Educate Me Please - Vanagon Shifter Operation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:56:16 -0500
  ...I don't understand how the movement and positioning of the end of the shift rod works. I can see a funky little tang...
• Re: hard shifting - different problem
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:53:27 -0700
  ...Left-right problems are adjusted by rotating > the two shift rod > sections against each other just a hair and then > retightening the same > clamp...
• Re: linkage woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:35:37 -0700
  ...Remove cover over bottom of shifter. Loosen clamp on shift rod so that the selector lever can move easily. Press bottom of shifter to...
• Re: GEAR SHIFT HOUSING ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:23:06 -0700
  ...Seems > that the shift rod on the side of my 1984GL, 4 speed > manual transmission has a worn spline interface to > the ball part...
• Shift buzz
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:01:15 -0700
  ...There are new front and rear bushing for the front and rear shift rods. I've tried the gear shift lever/linkage adjustment described...
• Re: Shift rod bushings and ball for 85
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 1 Dec 2014 08:44:44 -0500
  ...I have discovered the ears on the selector rod also messed up and the rear gear shift lever ball also in distress. Has anyone...
• Rebuilding Vanagon Shifter
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 07:13:05 -0500
  ...Pull shifter plate with shifter bushings up and off of shift rod. 9. Take shifter plate and remove all guts (old shifter parts). 10...
• Re: question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork"
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:07:07 -0500
  ...question about 4-speed shift rod front "fork" > Is there supposed to be a plastic or nylon "finger" on each side of the > fork...
• Shift Rod Bushing Boots- necessary...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:10:57 -0400
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_249_784/shift_rod_bushing_boot2_required.html Yeah, I know it's only $40 bucks...
• Re: Anybody up for the UK quick shift kit at about $55 plus shipping?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:07:14 -0700
  ...And it is true, that the raised fulcrum point the kit produces, naturally increases stresses on the bottom end of the shift rod, because...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:22:49 -0800
  That should be 251 711 167F for the shift rod boots. -Dana- Dana Morphew wrote: > > You'll need one 251 711 167E ball joint...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 13:12:12 -0700
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the front > shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• Re: Shift rod bushings and ball for 85
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:44:48 -0500
  ...wrote: >> >> Hi there, I'm looking for known good shift rod rear bushing and shift ball (and boot)... Does anyone have anything? >> >> Thanks in...
• Front shift rod installation help needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:59:03 -0400
  Is the Front Shift Rod reinstalled from the front or from the rear through the bushing hole in the cross member (with the bushing...
• Re: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 19 May 2010 14:41:26 -0700
  ...if lengths are right on the rear shift rod/shaft .. then it's a bolt-in. the 5 speed shift box will work with...
• Adjusting shifter
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sat, 26 May 2007 21:52:47 -0700
  ...Front shifter rod forks have the plastic ends on the ears, where the shift lever attaches Front shifter box inside spare tire well has...